Railway cattle-guard.



No. 798,750. I PATENTED JULY 4, 1905- F. E. STROUSE.

RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1905.

inventor.

Wit/n9 e i Ma /gm a No. 793,750.

Patented July 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK EWING STROUSE,

OF ROCKVILLE, INDIANA.

RAILWAY CATTLEI-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,750, dated July 4,1905. Application filed January '7, 1905. Serial No. 240,044. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK EWING STROUSE, a citizen of the United States.residing at Rockville, in the county of Parke and State of In diana,have invented certain useful Improvements in Railway Cattle-Guards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The novel construction employed by me in carrying out my invention isdescribed and claimed in this specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which the same partsare represented by the same letters'throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my bent triangles. Figs. 2, 3,and4 show methods of fastening the bent triangles to plates and to theties. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section made by the plane 2 2 inFig. 6. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a railroad-track equipped withone of my improved cattleguards.

A represents my improved triangles, B the track-rails, and C thecross-ties.

I form of plate-iron, steel, or other suitable material right isoscelestriangles, in height equal to the height of the rails and bent at thecenter from apex to base. I do not wish to be limited to the size andnumber of the triangles used, as both may be modified without departingfrom the spirit of my invention. The bent isosceles triangles may beconstructed with small rectangular projections a, Fig. 2, on theirbases, which extend through holes in plate 7 and are cleated to theunder side of the plate. Fig. 3 shows the projection after it iseleatedto the plate. They may be constructed with projections, in triangularshape, bent at right angles to the base, as d, Fig. 4:, with holes forrivets a e for riveting to a plate. The triangles may be fastened to theties by staples b b at right angles to the edges over the points whichrest on the tie.

They may be fastened with a bent spike It, or a spike with a hook on it,at right angles to the edges over the points which rest on the tie. Thetriangles may be constructed with notches 0 c for the staples or thebent spikes to rest in. They may be constructed with points f forfastening into the tie, extended from the bases resting on-the tie. Theymay be constructed with projections (Z, in triangular shape, bent atright angles to the bases, similar to above description for riveting toa plate, but with larger holes for spikes e c to fasten to the tie. Ifobjectionable to allow the points on the bases of the triangle to extendbeyond the tie or plate, the projections may be cut off. These trianglesare arranged thickly upon the ties, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

1. A cattle-guard constructed of isosceles triangles, made ofplate-iron, steel, or other suitable material, and bent at the centerfrom apex to base and thickly placed and fastened upon the top surfacesof a series of cross-ties. substantially as described.

2. A cattle-guard constructed of isosceles triangles,made of plate-iron,steel, or other suitable material, and bent at the center from apex tobase and thickly placed and fastened to plates of iron, steel or othersuitable material, and which plates in turn are fastened upon the topsurfaces of a series of cross-ties, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK EWING STROUSE.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. HIXSON,

ELWOOD HUNT.

Having thus described my invention, what

